AFH 017: 5 Base Patterns to Guide Agile Teams [PODCAST]

Hosts

Ryan Ripley, Zach Bonaker, Dan Greening

Discussion

A rejuvenated Zach Bonaker (@zachbonaker) joined Dan Greening (@greening) and Ryan Ripley (@ryanripley) to talk about #NoEstimates and some of the limitations of not estimating work. We quickly moved on from that topic to an area that Dan has put a lot of work in to: What are the patterns that agile organization exhibit? In other words, how do we know that we are agile?

Dan has expressed his thoughts on what it means to be agile within 5 base patterns that he explained to Zach and Ryan:

  • Measure economic progress
  • Experiment
  • Limit work in progress
  • Embrace collective responsibility
  • Solve systemic problems

From there the discussion pivoted to top down vs. bottom up agile transformations. We discussed how they work, the pitfalls of each, and our personal experiences with trying to help organizations adopt agile. Management must be the first mover when adopting agile, followed by the rest of the company. Dan gave a few cautionary tales of what happens if management does not adapt along with the rest of the organization.

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Dan gave us a preview of some exciting work he’s doing with Scrum, Inc.…and then we called it a night.

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Resources, Plugs, and More

Ryanhttps://ryanripley.com

Zachhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/zachbonaker

Danhttp://senexrex.com/

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ABOUT RYAN RIPLEY

ABOUT RYAN RIPLEY

A Professional Scrum Trainer with Scrum.org, Ryan Ripley has experience as a software developer, manager, director, and Scrum Master in multiple Fortune 500 companies.

Ryan is committed to helping teams break the cycle of “bad Scrum” so they can deliver valuable software that delights their customers. The host of "Agile for Humans," the top agile podcast on iTunes, Ryan lives in Indiana with his wife, Kristin, and three children.

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